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The role of pelvic rehabilitation in quality of life in a patient harboring metastatic chordoma: a case report

ABSTRACT Introduction: Chordoma is a malignant tumor that usually involves the axial skeleton. Intradural chordomas are even rarer and 37 cases have been reported to the best of our knowledge. We present a case of a patient with an atypical metastatic diffuse intradural spinal involvement. Objective: To investigate therapeutic approaches such as...
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Care for patients with advanced cancer in the last weeks of life in Brazil

ABSTRACT Despite all advances in the treatment of neoplasms and substantial increases in fiveyear survival rates, most patients still die due to their diseases. Late diagnosis in some circumstances and resistance mechanisms throughout treatment still cause most patients to require palliative care integrated with cancer treatment, since diagnosis. Most palliative...